Renal medicine and nephrology

Acute kidney failure is an important clinical area in the intensive care unit setting.

Endourology has developed significantly in recent years as a result of rapid change in surgical techniques and instruments.

Part one of the book presents the gastrointestinal problems that commonly face the general practitioner.

The fourth edition of this book is the most comprehensive major reference work on hypertension in children and adolescents.

Im höheren Lebensalter nimmt die Zahl der Erkrankungen zu.

The book explores how kidney disease care is being changed by new technologies, from inception and diagnosis to dialysis and kidney transplant.

The last few years have seen major advances in all aspects of the understanding and treatment of kidney cancer, particularly the commonest variant clear cell carcinoma of the kidney.

Das Buch behandelt die strukturellen und funktionellen Schädigungen infolge arterieller Hypertonie (Endorganschädigungen) an Blutgefäßen, Herz und Niere.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the unique challenges inherent in pediatric kidney transplantation.

This book focuses on patients with end-stage-liver disease (ESLD) who could possibly qualify for liver transplant.

Chronic Renal Disease comprehensively investigates the physiology, pathophysiology, treatment, and management of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

This book offers an overview of the latest advances in the epidemiological, pathophysiological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of secondary hypertension, provided by a group of the most highly respected European experts in this field.

This issue of Emerging Cancer Therapeutics provides a comprehensive review for practitioners on the current status of renal cancer treatment.

This is the story of a boy raised up in a village in Poland during World War II, with his father deported to concentration camps throughout the war.

Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is in widespread use for the treatment of acute and chronic renal failure.

Die „Geriatrische Nephrologie“ bildet mittlerweile einen eigenen, evidenz-basierten Schwerpunkt innerhalb der Nierenheilkunde und fokussiert somit auf die Besonderheiten der Krankheitsverläufe und der Therapiekonzepte der alten und hochaltrigen Behandlungsgruppe.

One person in four in the industrialized countries suffersfrom hyperuricemia and is therefore at risk of developinggouty arthritis, nephrolithiasis, or any of the otherconsequences of urate deposition.

This book combines the reference material of a nephrology textbook with the everyday relevance of a clinical handbook.

The kidney plays a vital role in certain endocrine functions.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This book represents an invaluable resource for professionals for the diagnosis and treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI) in children and how to select and deliver the appropriate form of renal replacement therapy (RRT).

Major advances in both the technology and the medical knowledge of maintenance hemodialysis have been made since the early stages of such treatment in the 60s.

Ethical Problems in Dialysis and Transplantation presents an overview of issues with which nephrologists and decision makers are confronted in their daily practice.

In recent years there have been huge advances in the understanding of the genetic and molecular basis of the fibrocystic diseases.

This comprehensive guide to polycystic kidney disease captures the growing knowledge of this common, potentially-fatal and hereditary disease.

This book is devoted to hypertension in children and adolescents, a clinical issue that - thanks to the strides made in several areas of pathophysiological and clinical research - has received growing interest in cardiovascular medicine over the last several years.

This second edition of the Manual of Clinical Dialysis is a concise and well-illustrated guide to all aspects of dialysis.

The first edition of this book appeared in 1982.

Integrative Sexual Health explores beyond the standard topics in men's and women's health, drawing on a diverse research literature to provide an overview of sexual biology and sexual dysfunction, diverse lifespan, lifestyle and environmental impacts on sexual function, integrative medicine solutions to sexual problems, and traditional eastern and western treatment approaches to healing sexual difficulties.

Ask rheumatologists what is one thing that they most desire and they will say:"e;I wish I knew more about nephrology so I could care for patients whose rheumatologic diseases manifest with renal complications.

The ciliopathies are a group of rare diseases that often affect multiple systems within the body, and are caused by defects in the function or structure of cilia.

aintaining extracellular calcium concentrations within a narrow range is critical for the survival of most vertebrates.

The field of intensive care in nephrology is a rapidly evolving one, with research starting to translate into clinical guidelines and standards.

This book represents an invaluable resource for professionals for the diagnosis and treatment of acute kidney injury (AKI) in children and how to select and deliver the appropriate form of renal replacement therapy (RRT).

The best reference on end-stage renal disease!

With detailed contributions and research from experts in the physiology of normal acid-base homeostasis and the management of acid-base disorders, this reference supplies an abundance of information on acid-base physiology, disorders of acid-base equilibrium, and the management and treatment of these disorders in clinical practice.

Durch die Zunahme der Lebenserwartung von Dialysepatienten, aber auch die steigende Häufigkeit des Diabetes werden immer mehr av-Shuntoperationen für die Hämodialyse erforderlich, wobei der Anteil der komplizierten Mehrfacheingriffe immer größer wird.

Completely updated and expanded for its second edition, the popular Oxford Handbook of Nephrology and Hypertension provides wide-ranging and practical advice for the day-to-day management of all forms of renal disease.

We present to our readers the proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Phosphate.

This textbook provides a practical and board-driven resource to describe and define the emerging field of cardiorenal medicine.

Wer kennt es nicht – man ist mitten im Medizinstudium, hat zwar schon einiges, aber längst noch nicht alles gelernt und fühlt sich in Sachen Diagnosestellung alles andere als sattelfest.

This book covers all aspects of dialysis, including hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and other extracorporeal therapies.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

Diabetic complications, which occur both acutely and on a chronic basis, are an enormous challenge facing doctors at every level of care.